1978_Barnet_London_Borough_Council_election
1978 Barnet London Borough Council election
1978 local election in England
The 1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Quick Facts All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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Turnout | 43.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes.[1]
Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 49 | 81.7 | 57.1 | ||||||
Labour | 10 | 16.7 | 30.4 | ||||||
Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
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Arkley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan E. Pudney | 2,495 | |||
Conservative | John T. Thomson | 2,416 | |||
Conservative | Ann S.M. More | 2,394 | |||
Labour | Andrew P. Harris | 2,275 | |||
Labour | Trevor K. Hill | 2,275 | |||
Conservative | Stephen G. Lane | 2,270 | |||
Liberal | Richard W. Ellis | 417 | |||
Liberal | Keith Crawford | 370 | |||
Liberal | Cynthia Krieger | 315 | |||
Turnout | 45.7% | ||||
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Brunswick Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | June M. Cole | 2,957 | |||
Conservative | Anthony M. Rawle | 2,951 | |||
Conservative | Mary Temple | 2,867 | |||
Labour | Percy Cheek | 967 | |||
Labour | Gerald Eaton | 953 | |||
Labour | Jeffrey Leifer | 866 | |||
Liberal | David L. Stevens | 359 | |||
Liberal | Hugh J. Ogus | 324 | |||
Liberal | Valerie Silbiger | 320 | |||
Turnout | 40.8% | ||||
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Burnt Oak
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James P. Brophy | 2,192 | |||
Labour | Bertram E. McCormack | 2,063 | |||
Labour | Harold B. Davies | 2,060 | |||
Conservative | Keith R. Bass | 998 | |||
Conservative | John R. Hart | 972 | |||
Conservative | Peter V. Wharton | 873 | |||
National Front | Edward V. Bradley | 315 | |||
National Front | Alfred T. Chamberlain | 295 | |||
National Front | Edward J. Warner | 243 | |||
Liberal | Hilda D. Munden | 162 | |||
Liberal | Gisela Page | 130 | |||
Liberal | Roger Pattison | 128 | |||
Turnout | 38.3% | ||||
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Childs Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alfred Young | 1,904 | |||
Conservative | Victor Lyon | 1,896 | |||
Conservative | Brian A. Jarman | 1,868 | |||
Labour | Donald E. Barnes | 1,679 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth C. Silver | 1,541 | |||
Labour | Mary C. Tyler | 1,522 | |||
Liberal | Monroe E. Palmer | 1,054 | |||
Liberal | Joan Lawson | 907 | |||
Liberal | Nigel R. Wilson | 787 | |||
National Front | Frederick W. Hurst | 133 | |||
Turnout | 46.9% | ||||
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Colindale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey N. Cooke | 1,657 | |||
Labour | Mary H.R. Honeyball | 1,633 | |||
Labour | Thomas A. McKendry | 1,594 | |||
Conservative | Peter A. Grosz | 1,447 | |||
Conservative | Derek M. Joseph | 1,433 | |||
Conservative | Jane B. Quail | 1,389 | |||
Liberal | Arthur J. Roycroft | 211 | |||
Liberal | Phyllis I. Adams | 189 | |||
Liberal | Paula Mercer | 162 | |||
National Front | David A. Farmer | 157 | |||
National Front | John R. McLaren | 156 | |||
National Front | Leslie C. Bourne | 154 | |||
Turnout | 43.4% | ||||
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East Barnet
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest T. Danks | 2,697 | |||
Conservative | Olwen M. Evans | 2,555 | |||
Conservative | John Perry | 2,542 | |||
Labour | Susan M. Doran | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Norman C. Bar | 1,310 | |||
Labour | Nicholas O. Landau | 1,259 | |||
Liberal | Barbara J. Hunt | 341 | |||
Liberal | Clive Robinson | 340 | |||
Liberal | Alexander W. Munden | 298 | |||
National Front | Ivor W. Sargent | 174 | |||
National Front | Daniel J. Monk | 171 | |||
National Front | Philip A. Ruddock | 168 | |||
Turnout | 42.9% | ||||
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East Finchley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barbara I. Langstone | 1,950 | |||
Conservative | Mary Phillips | 1,894 | |||
Conservative | Stanley J. Sorrell | 1,858 | |||
Labour | Martin J. O'Connor | 1,827 | |||
Labour | Michael D. O'Connor | 1,751 | |||
Labour | Kenneth W. Little | 1,740 | |||
Liberal | Andrew G. Christodoulou | 351 | |||
Liberal | Juliet S. Rowe | 346 | |||
Liberal | Bruce A. Standing | 338 | |||
Turnout | 42.1% | ||||
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Edgware
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey I. Greenhouse | 3,772 | |||
Conservative | David E. Dell | 3,697 | |||
Conservative | Archibald T.W. Smith | 3,541 | |||
Labour | Michael B. Desmond | 1,506 | |||
Labour | Lorna Levy | 1,494 | |||
Labour | Anthony M. Williams | 1,383 | |||
Liberal | Sidney W. Baier | 177 | |||
Liberal | Mary J. Grieb | 176 | |||
Liberal | Philip L. Smulian | 152 | |||
Turnout | 48.6% | ||||
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Finchley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Sussman | 2,828 | |||
Conservative | Miles C. Golding | 2,784 | |||
Conservative | Jean I. Parmer | 2,730 | |||
Labour | Robert A. Holroyd | 1,222 | |||
Labour | Brian J. Watkins | 1,206 | |||
Labour | David G. Williams | 1,206 | |||
Liberal | Gregory P.F. Robbins | 488 | |||
Liberal | Malcolm B. Davis | 445 | |||
Liberal | Sylvia T.D. Randall | 426 | |||
Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
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Friern Barnet
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David C. Burton | 2,856 | |||
Conservative | John C. Tiplady | 2,831 | |||
Conservative | Frank D. Gibson | 2,827 | |||
Labour | Peter R. Butcher | 838 | |||
Labour | Frank C. Edwards | 812 | |||
Labour | Charles F. Owen | 809 | |||
Liberal | Karl E. Ruge | 565 | |||
Liberal | Christopher Perkin | 549 | |||
Liberal | Yvonne A. Jessop | 506 | |||
Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
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Garden Suburb
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael G. Max | 2,995 | |||
Conservative | Richard Blausten | 2,985 | |||
Conservative | Phyllis M. Nevard | 2,830 | |||
Independent | Patrick K. Laurance | 1,102 | |||
Labour | David E. De Saxe | 916 | |||
Labour | Richard M. Hadley | 873 | |||
Liberal | Leonie E. Stephen | 796 | |||
Labour | Stephen E. Pudney | 781 | |||
Liberal | Clive R. Silbiger | 776 | |||
Liberal | Robert S. Hanison | 702 | |||
Turnout | 48.1% | ||||
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Golders Green
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosa A. Freedman | 2,450 | |||
Conservative | Leslie D. Foster | 2,303 | |||
Conservative | Selina D. Summers | 2,214 | |||
Labour | Stephen F. Kelly | 1,203 | |||
Labour | Olga G. Deaner | 1,162 | |||
Labour | Vivien D. Marcy | 1,133 | |||
Liberal | Jeffrey Land | 554 | |||
Liberal | Susette S. Palmer | 491 | |||
Liberal | Wilfred Newton | 485 | |||
Turnout | 39.3% | ||||
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Hadley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest A.E. Asker | 3,587 | |||
Independent | Anthony J. Freake | 3,245 | |||
Conservative | David P. Clarke | 3,042 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary W. Middleton | 2,894 | |||
Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 980 | |||
Labour | Brenda M. Slade | 959 | |||
Labour | Sylvia V. Grant | 920 | |||
Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 827 | |||
Liberal | Mavis W. Axham | 697 | |||
Turnout | 48.0% | ||||
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Hale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie J. Pym | 3,117 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy B. Benson | 3,082 | |||
Conservative | Jack Clarfelt | 3,038 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Fordham | 1,011 | |||
Labour | Jean Smith | 1,010 | |||
Labour | Ian B. Morley | 1,009 | |||
Liberal | Diana C. Pattison | 480 | |||
Liberal | Carol A. Cooper | 471 | |||
Liberal | Laurian Davies | 420 | |||
National Front | Kenneth J. Barson | 133 | |||
National Front | John P. Smith | 126 | |||
National Front | Albert V. White | 104 | |||
Turnout | 46.1% | ||||
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Hendon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman E. Hirshfield | 2,954 | |||
Conservative | Victor S. Hockley | 2,784 | |||
Conservative | John Archard-Jones | 2,564 | |||
Labour | Celia A. Downs | 1,246 | |||
Labour | Christopher H. Jacobs | 1,216 | |||
Labour | Alan M. Magnus | 1,188 | |||
Liberal | Gerald Finlay | 478 | |||
Liberal | Peter G. Kempster | 355 | |||
Liberal | Elvin P. Sorkin | 337 | |||
Turnout | 40.3% | ||||
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Mill Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rita M. Levy | 3,321 | |||
Conservative | Denis L. Dippel | 3,316 | |||
Conservative | Graham G. Fear | 3,232 | |||
Labour | Howard S. Bluston | 943 | |||
Labour | Leonard Phillips | 924 | |||
Labour | Ian Leslie | 875 | |||
Liberal | Adrian V. Stokes | 390 | |||
Liberal | Ronald N. Page | 351 | |||
Liberal | John F. Hearn | 309 | |||
National Front | Paul A. Clayton | 173 | |||
National Front | John B. Cording | 149 | |||
National Front | Susan E. Warner | 133 | |||
Turnout | 45.4% | ||||
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St Paul's
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John P. Fitzgibbon | 2,346 | |||
Conservative | Edna P. James | 2,260 | |||
Conservative | Norman J. Sapsted | 2,224 | |||
Labour | John A. Cogger | 1,491 | |||
Labour | Charles A.R. Still | 1,448 | |||
Labour | Ralph A. Straker | 1,423 | |||
Liberal | Patricia M. Dunnill | 516 | |||
Liberal | Leonard Watkins | 459 | |||
Liberal | Avron M. Potter | 455 | |||
Turnout | 40.9% | ||||
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Totteridge
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret J. Laskey | 3,639 | |||
Conservative | Michael J. Hill | 3,588 | |||
Conservative | Victor H. Usher | 3,575 | |||
Labour | Howard R. Denton | 889 | |||
Labour | Michael S. Cohen | 868 | |||
Labour | Lawrence J. Rogoff | 844 | |||
Liberal | David M. Cohen | 489 | |||
Liberal | Edith M. Gardner | 488 | |||
Turnout | 43.6% | ||||
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West Hendon
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Timothy J.K. Sims | 2,142 | |||
Labour | Donald E. Timms | 2,116 | |||
Labour | Doreen N. Neail | 2,025 | |||
Conservative | Stuart A. Goldenberg | 1,998 | |||
Conservative | Maurice J. Sultoon | 1,976 | |||
Conservative | Marion H. Babington | 1,856 | |||
Liberal | Brian E.J. Ellis | 938 | |||
Liberal | Harry J. Levy | 887 | |||
Liberal | Anthony D. Mercer | 660 | |||
Turnout | 48.3% | ||||
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Woodhouse
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip H. Williams | 2,327 | |||
Conservative | William G. Hart | 2,306 | |||
Conservative | Barry C. Francis | 2,265 | |||
Labour | Adrian R. Cattermole | 1,535 | |||
Labour | John S. Whale | 1,444 | |||
Labour | Hukam C. Chopra | 1,410 | |||
Liberal | Roger J. Aron | 409 | |||
Liberal | Barry N. Green | 378 | |||
Liberal | David A. Harris | 367 | |||
Turnout | 40.1% | ||||
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Hadley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald E. Baker | 1,344 | |||
Residents | Eric W. Spalding | 1,053 | |||
Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 501 | |||
Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 418 | |||
Turnout | 25.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.
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